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Justin Welby: The archbishop who battled depression due to ‘messy’ early life

Before being ordained in 1992, Mr Welby had an 11-year career in the oil industry.

Evening Standard

Church of England head Justin Welby under pressure to resign amid abuse scandal

The head of the Church of England, spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, is under pressure to resign after an investigation found he failed to inform police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as he became aware of it

The Independent UK

Senior bishop calls for Justin Welby to resign over Church of England sex abuser

Archbishop of Canterbury has ‘lost confidence of his clergy’ over scandal, vicar warns

The Independent UK

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Archbishop of Canterbury ‘has lost confidence of clergy after abuse review’

Justin Welby said he has given a lot of thought to resignation but that he will not step down.

The Independent UK

Justin Welby 'quit' petition passes 11,000 signatures as pressure on Archbishop of Canterbury grows

Calls for the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign were growing on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Bishop calls for Justin Welby to resign over failure to pursue serial abuser

Helen-Ann Hartley says archbishop’s position is untenable after members of Church of England’s ruling body launch petition

The Guardian - UK

Report finds Church of England covered up 'horrific' abuse at summer camps decades ago

An independent review has found the Church of England covered up “horrific’ abuse by a lawyer who volunteered at Christian summer camps in the 1970s and 1980s

The Independent UK

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Archbishop of Canterbury considered resigning over barrister abuse cases

An independent review has concluded John Smyth QC’s abuse was covered up the Church of England.

Evening Standard

C of E covered up attacks by serial abuser John Smyth, review finds

Report says it is ‘unlikely’ Justin Welby knew nothing of concerns about Smyth, who abused schoolboys at Christian holiday camps

The Guardian - UK

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Dean of Canterbury Cathedral for two decades whose cats became celebrities on YouTube during his Covid prayer talks

The Guardian - UK

Abuser might have been brought to justice had Justin Welby reported it – review

Responses by the Church of England and others were ‘wholly ineffective and amounted to a cover-up’, a review found.

The Independent UK

Health Secretary’s opposition to assisted dying Bill disappointing, says Rantzen

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has confirmed she will vote for Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

Evening Standard

To my distant cousin Justin Welby: our family’s slavery history is truly awful. Let’s be open about it

The archbishop has admitted his connections, but must go further. Backing the campaign for reparations would be a start, says author Alex Renton

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying: Kim Leadbeater has ‘productive’ meeting with church leaders

The Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally attended the talks.

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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby reveals ancestor owned slaves in Jamaica

His great, great, great grandfather Sir James Fergusson was an owner of enslaved people in Jamaica.

The Independent UK

Archbishop of Canterbury reveals ties to slavery and says ancestors were compensated for abolition

Great-great-grandfather of archbishop’s biological father owned enslaved people in Jamaica

The Guardian - UK

Archbishop of Canterbury reveals ancestral links to slavery

Justin Welby says ancestor owned enslaved people in Jamaica and was paid compensation upon abolition

The Guardian - UK

Archbishop of Canterbury to meet MP behind assisted dying bill

Kim Leadbeater wrote to Justin Welby after he described a change in the law as dangerous and ‘a slippery slope’UK politics live – latest updates

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New Assisted Dying Bill Introduced In UK Parliament

A new proposal to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales was introduced in the UK parliament on Wednesday, sparking concern from senior church leaders and opponents about its implications.

The Guardian - UK

Legalising assisted dying a ‘slippery slope’, says archbishop of Canterbury

Justin Welby warns new law risks turning right to die into a duty ahead of bill being formally introduced in parliament

The Guardian - UK

We stand together on the Middle East crisis, united in grief

Shared humanity unifies us, write leading UK. figures from Islam, Christianity and Judaism

The Independent UK

Archbishop says God is green and pleads with leaders to: ‘Act now before it is too late to save the world’

Defiant Welby says he won’t be silenced: ‘If it is interfering to seek to avert the climate change catastrophe, let us interfere’

The Independent UK

More parents facing struggle to feed their children as winter approaches, survey suggests

The cost of living crisis continues to squeeze family budgets and the government shows no sign of scrapping the two-child benefit cap

The Guardian - UK

‘I thought of the church as a friend and it slapped me in the face’: historian Diarmaid MacCulloch on the Church of England’s hypocrisy

The award-winning author, ecclesiastical historian and church-goer on his incendiary new book about sex and the church, challenging centuries of self-serving homophobia, fakery and abuse. He is primed for the backlash…

The Guardian - UK

Archbishop of Canterbury warns Christians against membership of far-right groups

Justin Welby condemns violent disorder of recent days as ‘unchristian’

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